Amendment 4

"Viability and "health care provider" may need clarifying if Amendment 4 passes. Some legal experts say this could lead to broad interpretations; others say these are well-defined legal terms.

The committee pushing for Amendment 4 claims a website and ads created by the state Agency for Health Care Administration are carrying "misinformation." The agency says it is providing facts for Floridians.

Contributions to Floridians Protecting Freedom from Sept. 7-13 included $5 million from Our American Future Action, a Washington, D.C.-based organization;, and $1.25 million from Planned Parenthood.

Backers of Amendment 4 argue exceptions to the six-week restrictions aren’t "real" because of vague language, criminal penalties and requirements that can make abortions difficult to obtain in these cases.

Included in the fundraising totals for the week ending Sept. 6 are $500,000 from the ACLU to proponents of the measure and $100,000 from the Diocese of Palm Beach to the group in opposition.

Florida's Office of Election Crime and Security has opened more than 40 investigations into paid petition circulators who worked on behalf of the abortion rights measure.

The political committee leading efforts to pass Amendment 4 seeks a temporary injunction to prevent the state Agency for Health Care Administration from disseminating what it calls "misinformation."

Physicians Against Amendment 4, an organization of over 300 doctors of differing specialties, has an issue with Amendment 4's language, among other concerns. This week, 19 of them went public in Orlando.

One issue centers on a website AHCA launched on Amendment 4. It defends current abortion law in Florida while claiming that the proposed amendment “threatens women’s safety.”

Among the priorities of students advocating for abortion rights: expanding access to contraception and promoting Amendment 4, which would allow abortions in Florida until fetal viability.